Improvement in vehicle-springs



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No. 223,14? Patented Dec. 30,1879.

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No. 223,145. Patented Dec. 30,1879.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM P. KELLEY, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HISRIGHT TO JOHN F. WILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,145, dated December30, 1879; application filed November 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. KELLEY, of Oneida, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of vehicles whichhave the body supported on side springs connected to the ends of frontand rear cross-springs; and it consists in the combination of sidesprings composed of leaves of diminishing lengths, applied one upon theother at the center thereof, and unrestrained in their action throughouttheir length, and clamped together by clips at the ends of the shortleaf, and two cross-bars connected to said clips, one of said bars beingrigidly attached to the body of the vehicle, and the other havingtongues or prongs slidin g in sockets attached to the body of thevehicle, all as hereinafter more fully described; by which improvementsthe construction of the vehicle is materially simplified and cheapened,and greater elasticity is obtained with less strain and wear upon thesprings and their couplings, and with less liability of the rocking orswaying of the vehicle both longitudinally and transversely.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a side view of a vehicle provided with myimprovements; Fig. 2, a front view of same; Fig. 3, a rear view; Fig. 4,a plan view of the springs detached from the vehicle; Fig. 5, aninverted plan view of the side springs and their connection with thevehicle-body, and Fig. 6 a longitudinal section back of the side spring.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A represents the side springs, composed of leaves a a a, of diminishinglengths, applied one upon the other at the center thereof in the usualway, and secured together at the center by a rivet or bolt, b, passingvertically through said leaves. Near the ends of the upper or short leafa, and equidistant from the center bolt, b, the leaves a a a are furthersecured to each other by clips 0, embracing the spring and connected tobars d, extended from one side spring to the other. Upon the said barsis supported the body B of the vehicle.

In order to utilize the elasticity of the side springs to its utmostcapacity without incurring torsionalv strain as well upon the connectionof the cross-bars d d with the body of the vehicle as on the couplingsbetween the side springs and cross-springs, I connect only one of thesaid cross-bars rigidly to the body of the vehicle. The other bar Iconnect to the body by clasps or sockets s, secured to the under side ofthe body and loosely embracing the tongues or prongs l, extended fromthe side of the cross-bar. The aforesaid sockets, allowing the tongueslto slide therein, afford the necessary play to the cross-bar and freeaction of that part of the side spring which is contained between thetwo clips 0 c. The side springs are connected at their ends to rigidears on cross-springs O, mounted on the head-blocks and hind axle,respectively.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the side springs,A, composed of the leaves a a a, ofdiminishing lengths, and applied one upon the other at the centerthereof, the clips 0, embracing said spring near the ends of the shortleaf, and the cr'ossbars (101, one of which is rigidly attached to thebody of the vehicle, and the other having the tongues or prongs L,sliding in the boxes or sockets 5, attached to the body, substantiallyas described and shown, for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and Stateof New York, this 18th day of November, 1879.

WILLIAM P. KELLEY.

Witnesses:

E. LAASS, O. GARLIOK.

